Chapter 13: The Snow Falls
Li Ye's work efficiency is very fast, but he inquired about things clearly in half a day. After reporting Liu Chengxun in detail, Liu Chengxun became more and more sure of this matter and secretly killed him.
However, what Liu Chengxun couldn't understand was why Yang Lian didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue in this matter. In other words, judging from the appearance, Yang Lian has always been very rational in this matter, and even pretended to comfort Liu Chengyou and asked him not to be impulsive.
But Liu Chengxun knows very well that Yang Lian is trying to capture the old man, and with the impulsive character of the second brother, it is impossible to listen to the persuasion of others, and it is reasonable to go to Shangshufu. However, Liu Chengxun didn't understand, how could the people sent by Yang Wei to invite Yang Lian be rude in the second prince's mansion and injured the housekeeper?
Originally, the matter was simple, if you found the person sent by Yang Wei to the second prince's mansion and interrogated him in detail, the matter would have a result, but that person died in the Shangshu Mansion, thinking that when Liu Chengyou killed in the Shangshu Mansion, a group of people beat him indiscriminately and accidentally killed him. In addition to this man, three other people were also killed, and they died in a similar appearance to this person.
This basically ruled out the possibility of him killing, but when such an important person died, it was very difficult to collect evidence, and he could only learn about the matter through the housekeeper in the second prince's mansion. And the housekeeper was very sure that the person who beat him was a person from Shangshufu, because the housekeeper had seen this person several times, and he swore that that person was the person sent by Shangshufu, and there would be no mistake.
Things are a little tricky, Liu Chengxun thought in his heart, he didn't dare to make a decision easily, but in order to appease the hearts of the government and the opposition, he sent troops to surround the mansion of the second prince, strictly prohibiting anyone from entering and leaving, even Liu Chengyou himself had to get permission to enter and exit.
"This Liu Chengxun is not simple, he nominally strictly prohibits the second prince from entering and leaving, but in fact, it is not a disguised protection." Yang Lian, who got the news, said lightly.
Lin Renzhao was full of interest and said, "Next." How do we do that? ”
"What's next?" Yang Lian smiled and smiled very firmly: "Next, we don't have to do anything, drink tea and play chess, that's the best." ”
Lin Renzhao shook his head and asked in disbelief, "You really don't have to do anything?" ”
"You really don't have to." Yang Lian smiled and reached out to take a box full of chess pieces.
In the East Palace of the Prince, Liu Chengxun listened carefully to Li Ye's report, Li Ye was a shrewd person. He does things, Liu Chengxun can still be trusted. Li Yezheng reported the investigation in the past few days, mainly the observation of Yang Lian and others, according to what he found, Yang Lian, Lin Renzhao and others have been in Honglu Temple every day and have never gone out. If there are any activities, it is that Yang Lian, Lin Renzhao and others will get up early every day to exercise.
There is no news at all, Liu Chengxun has a headache. With the passage of time, the court has been talking even more in the past few days, and the officials have been beaten, and they were blocked at home and beaten. It's not a trivial matter, in the imperial court, there are officials who have a good relationship with Yang Wei, or officials who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. They wrote one after another, some wanted to seek justice for the official book, and some thought that the matter should be investigated clearly. Some said that the official department was an important minister of the country, and now he was beaten, and it was not the official department that was beaten, but the etiquette, which was the face of the Han State.
There are a lot of such folds, almost piled up in the study of the East Palace, which makes Liu Chengxun very headache. He originally hoped to find a breakthrough from Yang Lian's side - if all this was planned by Yang Lian, then the matter would be solved, but he sent people to monitor for many days, and still no clues were found.
Liu Chengxun waved his hand helplessly, letting Li Ye continue to monitor. Li Ye took the order and left, leaving Liu Chengxun in the study, he thought for a while, and was about to pick up the pen and annotate something on a notebook, when suddenly there was a cough, he hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand, and when he let go of his hand, the palm of his hand was even more red. Liu Chengxun's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly rang the bell on the side.
A rush of footsteps sounded, and Zhao Yanyi appeared in front of Liu Chengxun, he suddenly stuffed a golden pill into Liu Chengxun's mouth, and fed him a few sips of water. Liu Chengxun struggled to swallow Jin Dan, crossed his knees and breathed for a while, his face gradually became ruddy, and the whole person was much more energetic.
"You stand down first." Liu Chengxun gasped.
Zhao Yanyi nodded, and he disappeared silently in a robe.
In late November, the land of the Central Plains suddenly turned white overnight, and the eaves and branches of the trees were all white.
In Honglu Temple, Yang Lian leaned against the window, looked at the goose feathers and heavy snow that kept rising, and said, "Runxue is a good year." ”
Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie were on the side, both of them were originally from Fujian, and they had never seen snow at all, although they had seen snow in Jinling, but there was such a big snow in Kaifeng? The two of them were dressed in thick clothes, but they still felt a little cold.
Yang Lian doesn't think that on the one hand, he is physically strong, on the other hand, the cold in the north is mostly dry and cold, in winter, most of the weather is out of the sun, a few days ago when there was no snow in Kaifeng, it was the sun shining, which made people very comfortable.
At this time, I don't know that the children of the family were playing in the snow in the yard and having a snowball fight, Chen Tie watched it for a while, and suddenly ran out, playing in the snow like a child. Lin Renzhao was also a little unable to hold back, and walked out quickly, playing with the children.
"Why didn't General Yang go?" At this moment, a soft voice sounded.
Yang Lian didn't need to look back, he knew that it was Miss Fu, so he smiled faintly and said, "Miss Fu, look at this snow, I'm afraid it won't end until next day or two." ”
"Only by withstanding the test of frost can we thrive in the coming year." Miss Fu said, if there is a deep meaning.
Yang Lian applauded and smiled: "People often say that there must be my teacher in a threesome, and Yang Lian has been taught by Miss Fu's words." ”
Miss Fu glanced at Yang Lian unexpectedly and said, "These days, General Yang's gate is not stepping, just in this Honglu Temple, what is there to hide?" ”
"Then what does Miss Fu think I'm going to hide?" Yang Lian didn't answer, but asked, and at the same time looked at her with blazing eyes, as if he wanted to see something from her.
Miss Fu shook her head, her eyes were actually very bold and looked at Yang Lian, and said, "The concubine is just a little woman, what clues can be seen there?" I also hope that General Yang will inform one or two. ”
Yang Lian laughed and said, "If I say no, do you believe it?" ”
Miss Fu smiled: "General Yang's words are really insincere. ”
Yang Lian was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "Miss Fu, Kaifeng is a place of right and wrong, and I was ordered to Kaifeng this time, and there are many difficulties. ”
Miss Fu raised her head, glanced at Yang Lian with beautiful eyes, and said, "What, General Yang is going to give up easily?" ”
Yang Lian shook his head, his eyes became deeper, he couldn't help but clench his fists, and said, "How could I give up so easily?" ”
Miss Fu didn't speak, but looked at Yang Lian's shining eyes, thoughtful.
After Yang Lian finished speaking, he suddenly said: "What I said just now was not worried about me, but for you. In my line of work, there are countless thorns, and I don't know what the final outcome will be. If you follow us, it is also dangerous, if it harms your life, I can't afford it, and I feel guilty. ”
Miss Fu listened to Yang Lian's serious words, and saw that his expression was firm, not like a fake, and her heart suddenly pounded, he cared about himself so much, did he have any deep meaning?
Yang Lian didn't notice Miss Fu's expression, she still looked out the window, sighed leisurely, and said, "After going out for so long, you should actually go home and take a look." ”
Miss Fu pursed her lips and did not speak, her expression was very complicated.
"There are some things that you have to face, and blindly avoiding them will never work." Yang Lian said again.
Miss Fu nodded, Yang Lian's words were very right, but she had something unspeakable, how could she go home easily? She can't pin her happiness on a man she's never met.
At this time, someone walked over quickly, arched his hand towards Yang Lian, and said, "Commander Yang, there is news from Weizhou!" ”
"Is there news from Weizhou? What's the news? Yang Lian guessed in his heart, slowly retracted his gaze, and looked at the person who came, it turned out to be his subordinate Sun Yu.
Sun Yu glanced at Miss Fu, who was very clever and bowed slightly, and retreated. Seeing that Miss Fu's figure had disappeared, Sun Yu then prayed and said, "Commander Yang, I just got the conclusive news that a few days ago, Du Chongwei had already chosen to surrender, and the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty did not kill him. It is reported that he will return to Kaifeng in the near future. ”
Yang Lian gently knocked on the window lattice and said, "This Du Chongwei still can't hold on." Liu Zhiyuan was able not to kill him, and he really had the demeanor of a hero. ”
"Under the city of Weizhou, tens of thousands of Han soldiers were killed and wounded, and the emperor of Han paid a huge price in order to attack Weizhou and take Du Chongwei, during which he continued to recruit Du Chongwei. Now that Du Chongwei has surrendered, the Son of Heaven of the Han Kingdom should kill him and vent his anger for the three armies, right? Sun Yu said that if he were replaced, he would definitely kill this disobedient person.
Yang Lian smiled faintly and said, "Du Chongwei is a person who is in the twilight, how can Liu Zhiyuan not know this?" It's just that now that there are many towns in the Han Kingdom, Liu Zhiyuan needs to make a gesture, that is, to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys. And Du Chongwei is this chicken, at least for now, Liu Zhiyuan will not move Du Chongwei. But if you return to Kaifeng, I'm afraid things won't be certain. ”
Sun Yu was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "Commander Yang, why do you say that after returning to Kaifeng, it is not necessarily?" ”
Yang Lian laughed, a trace of suspicion flashed in his eyes, he was just guessing about this matter, he was only seventy or eighty percent sure, and he didn't dare to say that Liu Zhiyuan would definitely do this. However, since Liu Zhiyuan won a great victory in Weizhou, he must return to the court in a few days, and in this Kaifeng city, there must be a dragon and a tiger fight. I don't know if Liu Zhiyuan came back and dealt with Yang Wei being beaten like this?
Of course, what Yang Lian is most concerned about is the formation of Li Shouzhen and Fu Yanqing's in-laws, both of them are stomping their feet, and Han Guo is about to shake three times, they form a family of children and daughters, and the wedding must be very lively. Thinking of this, Yang Lian couldn't help but think of a person's appearance in his mind, he couldn't help but lose his mind a little, no one can say where this matter will develop after all. (To be continued.) )